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Notable & Quotable: California Socialism

‘This new, greener socialism seeks not to weaken, but rather to preserve, the emerging class structure.’

June 12, 2017 6:45 p.m. ET

From “California’s Descent to Socialism” by Joel Kotkin in the Orange County Register, June 11:

The oligarchs of the Bay Area have a problem: They must square their progressive worldview with their enormous wealth. They certainly are not socialists in the traditional sense. They see their riches not as a result of class advantages, but...